Posted by ShadetreeRet on December 09, 2011 at 18:17:14 from (184.2.210.187):
In Reply to: Factory original posted by Bob Huntress on December 09, 2011 at 17:50:17:
Old Geezer is right, several conversion kits were made to convert a car or truck chassis to a light duty tractor. One even addressed the cooling problem by providing a large tank to increase the coolant capacity. I found this information in a book printed in 1926 concerning the Model T Ford car and Fordson farm tractor. In the area where I grew up, in the WWII days it was commonplace to take an old heavy duty truck or even a semi tractor and shorten the frame to where the rear axle was just behind the drivers seat. These were heavy enough to pull a plow, grain binder and do other farm work. They were referred to as "Hoover tractors" or Doodlebugs in our area.
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